Textbook:"Solid
State Physics" by Ashcroft and
Mermin (placed on reserve at
physics library).

Office
hours: (subject
to change) Friday at 11:00-11:50
am and by appointment.Final
letter
grade
will
be
determined
by
the
homework
(40%),
three
midterm
exams (30%, 15% for
each), the final
exam (30%). Homework
assignments will be
bi-weekly, due on
Wednesdays at the
end of lectures.
Each problem in
homeworks and exams
will be graded out
of 10 points (unless
stated otherwise),
based on the
following scheme:
essentially correct
- 10 points, strong
effort - 7 points,
some progress - 4
points, no progress
- 0 points.